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The influence of palm oil and chemical modification on the pasting and sensory properties of fufu flour by Sanni, Lateef O., Kosoko, S.B., Adebowale, A.A., Adeoye, R.J.

“…The pasting characteristics of the samples only show a significant difference at the cooling stage where the viscosity after 20 min holding at 50°C are 480 BU for fufu sample with 0.1 M citric acid, fufu sample with distilled water. …”
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Infestation and damage by Clavigralla tomentosicollis and Anoplocnemis curvipes (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in cowpea plants with modified leaf structure and pods in different positions... by Koona, P., Osisanya, E., Jackai, L.E.N., Tonye, J.

“…Overall, plants with less dense canopy, and long peduncles holding pods outside the canopy showed some resistance to C. tomentosicollis, which is the most damaging pod bug on cowpea. …”
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Toolkit for the indicators of resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes by Bergamini, N., Dunbar, W., Eyzaguirre, Pablo B., Ichikawa, Kaoru, Matsumoto, I., Mijatović, Dunja, Morimoto, Y., Remple, N., Salvemini, D., Suzuki, W., Vernooy, Ronnie, United Nations University, Bioversity International, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, United Nations Environment Programme

“…The approach presented here is centred on holding participatory “assessment workshops”. These involve discussion and a scoring process for the set of twenty indicators designed to capture communities’ perceptions of factors affecting the resilience of their landscapes and seascapes. …”
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Private vs. Community Management Responses to De-Collectivization: Illustrative Cases from China by Liu, J., Dong, J., Long, H., Xu, T., Putzel, L.

“…China’s latest round of collective forest property reforms, launched in 2003, have promoted individual land holding and management, reviving the longstanding debate on whether privatization would improve profits, rural welfare, and forest management. …”
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Impacts of the land tenure system on sustainable land use in Ethiopia by Azadi, Hossein, Moghaddam, Saghi Movahhed, Mahmoudi, Hossein, Burkart, Stefan, Debela, Diriba D., Teklemariam, Dereje, Lodin, Michal, Lebailly, Philippe

“…This study provides recommendations to federal and regional institutions with a mandate for land management, land holding and resource rights and land use on how to resolve these bottlenecks.…”
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Designing CS Farming Systems towards Carbon-Neutral Sustainable Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India by Jat, Mangi Lal, Kumar, Yogesh, Kalvaniya, Kailash C., Rana, Dharamvir Singh

“…Conducted meetings and trainings with group of farmers in selected villages through demonstration of different interventions and distributed required implements to small holding farmers, trained them about LCC, GS and MNBS by experts. …”
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The participatory selection of priority climate-resilient value chains for dryland mixed farming systems in Senegal by Dizyee, Kanar, Houessionon, Prosper, Ouédraogo, Issa, Jaquet, Stéphanie, Kumar, Shalander, Chan, Derek, Faye, Aliou, Diouf, Binta, Ndjido, Kane, Zougmoré, Robert B., Whitbread, Anthony M.

“…This report presents the results of a three-step process was followed for this analysis: (1) holding a participatory workshop with stakeholders ranking priorities, value chains, and to build a quantifiable ranking system to compare the value chains, (2) process and analyze workshop information, and (3) identify the value chains for further work and reporting. …”
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Effect of genotype and sex on breast meat quality characteristics of different chickens by Hailemariam, Atsbaha, Esatu, Wondmeneh, Abegaz, Solomon, Urge, Mengistu, Assefa, Getnet, Dessie, Tadelle

“…The breast's pH at 45 min and 24 h (pH45 and pH24) changed between the sexes and across genotypes. Water holding capacity (WHC) was highest for the L and H genotypes, then for HC, C, CH, and KK (P ≤ 0.001). …”
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Enhanced capacity of women in Smart-Valleys, alternate wetting and drying and multi-stakeholders platforms establishment in Mali by Dossou-Yovo, Elliott Ronald, Djagba, Justin, Koné, Pierre, Akpoffo, M. Marius, Doumbia, Salif

“…The recognition of women's heightened vulnerability stems from their use of fields characterized by lower fertility and water-holding capacity. Moreover, cultural and social norms limit women's access to information and finance. …”
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Farmers’ awareness and perceptions of the new farm laws 2020 in India: Empirical evidence from a household survey by Kumar, Anjani, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar, Bathla, Seema

“…Several socio-economic factors among farm households correlate significantly with the awareness of the new farm laws and holding opinions about their usefulness. These include the size of landholding, level of education of the household head, awareness of government programmes, and visits to Kisan Melas. …”
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Evolving animal-sourced foods and livestock markets by Bachewe, Fantu Nisrane, Minten, Bart, Yimer, Feiruz

“…As they estimate that a price increase of this magnitude would reduce consumption of ASF by approximately 25 percent, holding other things constant, it seems that more investments and attention to the production of ASF and the livestock sector are needed to reduce ASF prices and increase their consumption in Ethiopia.…”
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COVID-19 and the Egyptian economy: From reopening to recovery: Alternative pathways and impacts on sectors, jobs, and households by Breisinger, Clemens, Raouf, Mariam, Wiebelt, Manfred, Kamaly, Ahmed, Karara, Mouchera

“…However, that Egypt’s economy is holding up is also due to the rapid response and proactive measures to limit the impact of the virus that were implemented by the Egyptian Government since March 2020 (MPED 2020). …”
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The rapid – but from a low base – uptake of agricultural mechanization in Ethiopia: Patterns, implications and challenges by Berhane, Guush, Dereje, Mekdim, Minten, Bart, Tamru, Seneshaw

“…While further expansion of mechanization in the country is desired, given the environmental and financial cost of holding oxen and the higher yields linked with some forms of mechanization, it appears to be hampered by farm structures, particularly small farm sizes and consequent limits in scale; fragmented plots; crop diversity; physical constraints, such as presence of stones, steepness of fields, and soil types; and economic and financial constraints, including limited access to foreign exchange and credit and the still relatively low wages in less commercialized zones.…”
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Costing the conservation of genetic resources: CIMMYT's ex situ maize and wheat collection by Pardey, Philip G., Koo, Bonwoo, Wright, Brian D., Van Dusen, M. Eric, Skovmand, Bent, Taba, Suketoshi

“…The marginal costs of holding an existing accession for one more year are presented, along with the costs of conserving saved seed for the life of the genebank (taken here to be 40 yr), and in perpetuity We also investigated the scale economies evident in the CIMMYT genebank operation as a basis for assessing the economics of consolidating several genebanks. …”
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Improving the effectiveness of collective action: sharing experiences from community forestry in Nepal by Acharya, Krishna P., Gentle, Popular

“…It presents the process of women’s empowerment in forest user groups by describing changes made in those groups once women begin participating and holding key decision-making positions. The findings note significant variation in funds allocated for social and community development activities, which are necessary to address the issues of poverty and social equity in Nepal. …”
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Child care practices associated with positive and negative nutritional outcomes for children in Bangladesh: a descriptive analysis by Kumar, Shubh K., Naved, Ruchira T., Bhattarai, Saroj

“…Children who exhibited the best growth status, holding age and income level constant, compared to the others in the same environmental setting, are identified as positive deviants. …”
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Plasma membrane-localized SEM1 protein mediates sugar movement to sink rice tissues by Wang, Yanwei, Sun, Jing, Deng, Chen, Teng, Shouzhen, Chen, Guoxin, Chen, Zhenhua, Cui, Xuean, Brutnell, Thomas P., Han, Xiao, Zhang, Zhiguo, Lu, Tiegang

“…In total, efficient sucrose loading into the phloem benefits from an optional number of VCs with a large vacuole that could act as a buffer holding tank for sucrose passing from the vascular bundle sheath.…”
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Community needs-based prioritization of landscape restoration technologies in Basona-Worena and Doyo-Gena Woredas, Ethiopia by Getachew, Kibebework, Abera, Wuletawu, Belay, Tefera, Tamene, Lulseged, Teklay, Achenafi

“…These findings provide a robust model for informed decision-making on suitable restoration technologies, holding promise for landscape restoration initiatives in Ethiopia and similar locations worldwide.…”
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Latin America: A Model for the Global Plant Cryopreservation Initiative by Ellis, David, Vollmer, R., Souza, F.V.D., Azevedo, V.C.R.

“…Starting with a regional in-person workshop in 2022, CIP has maintained momentum for a plant cryopreservation network in Latin America by holding annual regional virtual cryopreservation meetings. …”
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Effects of artificial desurfacing on alfisols and ultisols in southern Nigeria: II. Changes in soil physical properties by Mbagwu, J., Lal, R., Scott, J.

“…Seven months after 10 cm of topsoil removal, total porosity was reduced from 48 to 45% at Onne, 52 to 43% at Ikenne, and 52 to 46% at Ilora. Available water-holding capacities of the surface 5 cm of exposed subsoils following 5 cm of topsoil removal were reduced during 7 months by 61% at Onne, 23% at Ikenne, and 12% at Ilora. …”
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